Describes a federal public relations program during World War I designed to create positive public opinion about the war. (RB)

Discusses the role and defines the responsibilities of the public relations practitioner. (RB)

In the 1940s, attitudes were shown to facilitate the learning of agreeable persuasive communications. Post-1960s research, however, has failed to obtain this effect consistently. A study was conducted to investigate the role of technical knowledge in attitudinal learning in the domain of social drinking. Graduate students (N=60) verbally described…

High level thinking abilities extend beyond just command of facts and concepts. More crucial is idea use and refinement through discourse encounters. Thinking in classrooms is served by dialogic teachers who understand and use the right discourse tactics and designs. Effective discourse will usually be accompanied by: (1) extended idea exchanges;…

Abolitionist-feminist Angelina Grimke's "Pennsylvania Hall" address in 1838 is more than an important early feminist document. Through the use of rhetorical techniques (such as those known to contemporary feminists as elements of "consciousness raising"), Grimke empowers herself and her women listeners through the act of…

There are many practical difficulties in conducting forensic evaluations of adolescents charged with serious crimes. This paper addresses some of the reasons why adolescent forensic evaluations are problematic and suggests four strategies for establishing and maintaining rapport, based on a practitioner's experience in evaluating adolescents…

Personal ads, used to transcend social estrangement, are nothing other than written attempts at courtship. The idea of courtship is to maintain interaction through the continual negotiation of ambiguities. Historically, women have employed question-asking and attention-getting devices to combat male dominance and inattention in cross-sex…

A joint forensics program including both debate and individual events offers important benefits to students and coaches in training. A complete forensics experience provides what some would consider a true liberal arts education. When exposed to all events, students learn a variety of argumentative styles and develop a variety of universal skills…

Established in 1874, the Interstate Oratorical Association (IOA) represents the nation's oldest competitive collegiate speaking association. It is now composed of collegiate speaking associations in 19 states. Begun by three student members of the Adelphi Society at Knox College, the IOA held its first contest on February 27, 1874 at the Opera…

One of three related documents exploring the problems inherent to current high school forensic coaching, this paper argues that the present role of high school debate coaches falls short of the educational objectives of forensics. The paper discusses two coaching philosophies--the first being that of coaches who narrowly define their educational…

The ability of debate coaches and instructors to define the goals of their activity is essential to any meaningful evaluation of success in achieving those goals. Much of the criticism of debate rests on the faulty assumption that coaches and instructors agree as to what they are trying to teach students. Numerous writers have addressed the…

The mirror state counterplan is a straightforward form of negative refutation used in debate in which the negative team proposes that each state enact a miniature version of the affirmative plan that was to be adopted on the federal level. For example, the 1981-82 national debate proposition resolved that the federal government should…

To determine the extent of the involvement of undergraduates in speech tournament management, a survey was sent to 230 Directors of Forensics at schools with a Pi Kappa Delta affiliation. Most of the 102 respondents indicated that they use undergraduates when running a speech tournament but that concerns about utilizing undergraduates do exist.…